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The Best Solution For Fixing A Flat Wheelbarrow Tire

Flat wheelbarrow tires happen all the time, and that’s too bad because they handle a lot of heavy lifting and save our backs from doing the same.

Whether you’re hauling fertilizer for your garden, mulch for your landscaping, or stone for your next backyard DIY project, you need to be able to count on your one (or two) wheel wonder to get the job done, so what’s the best way to ensure your wheelbarrow tires keep rolling all year? 

You’ve got a couple of options, but fair warning: Some are better than others. 

Options For Flat Wheelbarrow Tire Repair

A quick internet search will reveal you’ve got a couple choices when it comes to solving the flat wheelbarrow tire dilemma. We’ll go over the different options for your wheelbarrow and weigh the pros and cons of each. 

Option 1: Install A New Innertube

If you’ve got a wheelbarrow that uses innertubes, you can always just opt to replace the failed innertube with a new one. 

Innertubes are a fairly inexpensive fix, but they also require you to remove the wheel, tire, and tube yourself, and then install a new tube and remount the tire onto the wheel. 

There are a few obvious downsides to the innertube approach for wheelbarrow tires. 

First, replacing an innertube is a hassle. 

Pulling off the wheel, using specialty tools to pry off the tire, finding the right size replacement tube, and then remounting and reinstalling everything is a chore. 

It takes a considerable amount of time and effort, and even the best innertube money can buy will only protect you until the next thorn or nail you run over forces you to have to do it all over again. 

Stan’s Sealant was originally developed for tubeless applications, but it works great with innertubes as well. So whether you want to get proactive and prevent flats in your current tube or just don’t want the hassle of replacing one that’s already gone flat, our sealant works to repair and protect tires with innertubes from punctures and leaks of all kinds.

Option 2: Replace Your Flat With A Rigid Tire

Your next option to remedy a flat wheelbarrow tire is to replace your pneumatic tire with a rigid tire, also called a “flat-free” tire. 

Rigid tires are wheels that are manufactured with inflexible solid tires permanently affixed to them. These “tires” are made using either solid rubber or super-dense foam, so there’s no need to inflate them, and they cannot be damaged by punctures from sharp objects. 

There’s a downside to rigid tires however, and it’s hiding right there in the name. 

These tires are RIGID. Almost entirely inflexible. 

So while they’ll give you extended periods of flat-proof use, they make for a very hard rolling tire, and will bounce, jump, and hop over every little rock or bump in the ground you’re pushing them over.  

This constant jarring is a huge pain in the neck (and arms… and shoulders…) after a few short trips, and can upset and tip your load at anything over a snail’s pace.

Option 3: “Foaming” Your Flat Wheelbarrow Tire

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve seen the videos online of wheelbarrow owners making their own rigid tires using spray foam. 

Our advice here is definitely to just skip this option for two reasons. 

First, you’ll be creating all the same problems of a rigid tire, but won’t get nearly as many miles out of a “foamed” tire before it starts to fail and needs to be either replaced or foamed again. 

Second, adding foam to a wheelbarrow tire makes a huge mess. Most DIY’ers who try this method end up drilling several holes in the sides of their tire to dump foam into, which then expands out and creates a huge mess on the tire and rim. 

We’ve also seen some folks attempt to apply foam to a tire through the valve stem the same way you’d apply our sealant.  

This method is a little less messy, but can only be done once, and isn’t likely to get enough foam into the tire to evenly support a load. 

Seriously, just skip it.

Option 4: Tubeless Tires With Added Sealant

Many wheelbarrows nowadays use tubeless tires, which form a seal using air pressure at the bead of the tire along the rim rather than depending on an innertube (or no air at all).

Tubeless tires are great. They really are the best of both worlds for their simplicity of use and great ride quality. In fact they seem to be the perfect wheelbarrow tire right up until they get a puncture or start losing their seal and have to be repaired or replaced. 

And that is where tire sealant comes into play. 

Whether you’ve already got a tubeless tire that doesn’t want to hold air, are currently running tubes but want to make the switch to tubeless, or are tired of pushing around a harsh rigid tire setup, switching to a tubeless tire with Stan’s Sealant inside will give you all the best features you want in a wheelbarrow tire.  

Our sealant is easy to use, makes zero mess thanks to our handy threaded applicator, and will eliminate virtually all flat tires in your wheelbarrow for up to two years straight with a single application. 

What’s even better is that tubeless wheelbarrow tires treated with Stan’s Sealant will go on protecting your wheelbarrow from future punctures as well for the life of the tire with proper seasonal top-offs. 

What Makes Our Sealant Special

Stan’s Sealant is the one-size-fits-all solution for 99% of flats, and what’s even better, Stan’s isn’t just for your wheelbarrow.

The same Stan’s Sealant that keeps your wheelbarrow rolling season after season works in just about every other piece of equipment in your shed. Add Stans to your lawn mower, ATV, UTV, side-by-side, golf cart, hand truck, or tractor to get the same quality protection in all of your utility equipment, all season long. 

Don’t Let Flat Tires Happen To You!

Here at Stan’s, we make the best tire sealant in the world, and every bottle we make is produced right here in the USA at our facility in Big Flats, NY (ironic, we know).  

If you want the best sealant on the market, specially formulated for the hard work you and your equipment need to get done, look no further. But don’t wait for a flat tire to happen to put Stan’s Sealant to work for you. 

Stan’s Sealant is formulated for whatever lies ahead, so get proactive about your tire protection today. Pick up a bottle or two today in convenient 16 ounce and 32 ounce sizes and know that a flat tire will never come between you a job well done again. 

New to tire sealant? Check out our handy guide to become a sealant pro in less than five minutes!

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I have this wheelbarrow with tubeless tire, I had to replace it with the new one, however I don't see how to pump it! The tire is quite stiff, and it was tricky to put it on the rim, but now it looks like the tire isn't well adjusted to the rim. Did I do something wrong? How do people normally pump this type of tires?

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Looks like the typical gap one gets when mounting a tubeless tire. You'll need to get the bead to seat against the rim as you pump air (hopefully quickly) into the tire - a hand pump might not do it.

Sometimes you can jiggle the tire to effect a temporary seal around the bead as your compressor dumps air in. Using a clip-on tire chuck will help.

Some folks "squeeze" the tire with a strap around the tread area. I've seen a device called a bead expander, and this guy shows the use of some large tie-wraps to achieve the same thing.

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If you're not afraid of a little fire then this could work:

https://youtu.be/DJiqbAVsxRY

  1. Put on some safety glasses, preferably tinted
  2. Put on some rubber gloves
  3. Put on some ear protection
  4. Have a water hose ready
  5. Spray some highly flammable aerosol into the rim of the tire such as carb & choke cleaner or WD-40 per the video
    • Place aerosol can at least 20 feet away from the tire
    • Remove your rubber gloves just in case they have any aerosol on them; melting rubber on your skin is not a pleasant feeling
  6. Cover your eyebrows with a damp bandana or damp towel or something
  7. Get some fire near the tire
    • Try closing your eyes or turning your face away from the tire right before ignition
    • I would advise against using your aerosol can as a flame-thrower but it does add a certain coolness factor
    • You can just toss a lit match in the general vicinity of the tire (try not to land the match inside the tire or else you'll get rattling noises when using the wheelbarrow)
    • You can light a stick or newspaper on fire and bring it close to the tire
    • You can fire up a propane torch if you feel comfortable
  8. The aerosol remnants should immediately ignite drawing a vast amount of air directly into the tire; this is where that safety equipment comes in handy
    • If you chose the match ignition method or any other "toss a burning object at the tire" method then exercise extra caution because the tire's rapid expansion could send the burning object flying right back at you
    • You may need to squeeze the tire around a bit to introduce more air to the fire to achieve the desired woosh of air. You should do this by beating the tire with a long stick to avoid personal damage in the event of a tire explosion.
    • If this doesn't work then spray with water, let it dry, and go back to step #5
  9. Once the tire seats itself then the fire will suffocate inside the tire
  10. If the outside of the tire or rim is on fire then spray it with some water; you may wish to spray with water even if it is not burning
  11. Inflate the tire to proper pressure

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Take it to the local tire store, and ask them to inflate it - they'll use their bead-blaster machine to mount it. Should be little to no cost.

The next time it happens, ask the tire store to put an innertube in the tire. That solves the problem forever. (Only do it the 'next time', because it may never happen again..)

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I've had decent luck using a couple of plastic bags and even saran wrap. I rolled them up and placed them near the rim so that it fills in the gap enough to get a better seal. The pump then works well enough to expand the tire.

The gap shown in the photo is small enough for this trick to work.

Long term solution is to have it filled with foam.

The people who recommend a strap around the perimeter of the tire are correct, and such straps, often inflatable, are made for that purpose. However, a couple of times in a pinch, I have removed the belt I was wearing and wrapped it around the tire and pulled it in as tightly as I could. This has actually worked for me. You should probably remov the valve stem to let the air in faster and thus with more force.

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I've likewise used my belt. Put the belt around the tread of the tire, squeeze the tread inward to get the bead to push out and set against the rim. Then inflate the tire.

I've had to do it several times over many years, with the same tire. The tire holds air just fine, for months, even under weight. But after going un-used for several seasons it eventually leaks out, enough to loosen the bead and lose the rest.

A strap with a come-along ratchet is easier, but a regular waist belt works in a pinch.

  1. Invert wheelbarrow
  2. Align the tire to the rim (as shown in the first photo, above)
  3. While adding air using an air compressor, give the tire a sharp rap with your fist
  4. Adjust tire to proper pressure

If the tire went flat it has a leak. Just reinflating the tire will not fix the problem. The most likely causes are a tire puncture, or a bead leak from either degraded rubber on the tire or rust on the wheel (not likely in your case with a plastic wheel). The easiest solution is to remove the wheel, the tire and the Schrader valve. Purchase an inner tube of the correct size. Most big box stores carry them. If you have trouble finding the correct size for a wheelbarrow look for a tube designed for a snow blower or lawnmower.

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About the car

wink

.and we scold the USSR. so on the Oise I forgot when I changed the wheels.

wink

What the hell are they doing.

Welder2612

Some kind of darkness. I had even worse breaks on a similar car. I sealed everything with patches from a bicycle set, rolled the season.

wink

I glued it with Chinese super glue.

Welder2612

Maybe not rubber, but some kind of polymer.

HARON

What price - such a car. In general, it should be a tubeless tire. Serves ... a dozen years of street storage for sure, this is how the body wears out, the tires are eternal. They are glued with an ordinary patch to pump up - I used a small strap, but a thick rope is also possible.

HARON

Who looks after a normal car - look at the Hamerlin, only not lightweight, but normal, construction.

wink

HARON
Who looks after a normal car - look at the Hamerlin, only not lightweight, but normal, building.

Well, you know better in geyropia. and in the Urals, the axles are sharpened and chromed here it’s no longer killable.

wink

On the Oise, the cameras didn’t let us down for five years, even. They knew how to do it in the USSR.

Gee

Firstly, this is not rubber.
In 2 "Operation Y"
Worth revisiting.

wink

Gee
Firstly, this is not rubber.
In 2 "Operation Y"
Worth revisiting.

What kind of operation crooks around.

Apiary

HARON
In general, there should be a tubeless tire.

The old wheels on the wheelbarrow fell apart completely, the tires fell into dust, the bearings burst (during 3 years of operation) into the trash. I bought new wheels without chambers - solid foamed polymer,
https://www.castorama.ru/koleso-dlja-tachki-350-h-80-mm
bought new bearings for 20\35 mm, now it remains to assemble this horse structure .

wink

And I think I will get an old wheelbarrow from the attic. Who remembers them as a trailer for a motorcycle? They used wheels or Minsk or a moped. But they are still alive.

wink

The whole world is becoming disposable. why did they serve several generations before.

Apiary

wink
And I think I'll get an old wheelbarrow from the attic.

A friend has a trailer with such wheels, they are eternal, a Kupava trailer or something else. They stand like new with him, and the trailer is 20-25 years old. But a little too big for a car, and too small for a trailer.

wink

Apiary
A friend has a trailer with such wheels, they are eternal, a Kupava trailer or something else. They stand like new with him, and the trailer is 20-25 years old. But a little too big for a car, and too small for a trailer.

It is not climbing on the paths. but he is 40 years old at least
But he looks like a military man.

HARON

wink
The whole world is becoming disposable. why did they serve several generations before.

You get exactly what you pay for.

HARON

Apiary
The old wheels on the wheelbarrow fell apart, completely, tires into dust, burst (during 3 years of operation) bearings into the trash. I bought new wheels without chambers - solid foamed polymer,
https://www.castorama.ru/koleso-dlja-tachki-350-h-80-mm
bought new bearings for 20\35 mm, now it remains to assemble this horse structure .

Tubeless doesn't mean cast, tubeless regular tire like on a car. About 17-18 years ago, I picked up a dead wheelbarrow at a construction site that had served for more than one year - for the sake of the wheel, my father had some kind of Soviet semi-handicraft Frankenstein on an iron wheel in the dacha and that’s where they introduced a rubber course from Hamerlin, it still serves day. When I needed a wheelbarrow, I took the same company, with the same wheel, only the body chose a larger area and a lower height, by 180 or 200 kg ... I use it periodically, but intensively - there is no question of dust for several years.

Welder2612

I bought mine 6 years ago. I chose according to the thickness of the pipes of the supporting frame. For all the time I just changed the camera and welded the cross member (it burst due to welding). She got a lot during this time, and kneaded sand with rubble and concrete in it. It was bought in Ekonomstroy, the price is budget. So there is also a lottery, whoever is lucky.

om_babai

Kraton's car - the first thing I bought after the site itself. Now she is 12 years old. The house was built from it.

Native koleo shot himself almost immediately. Bang louder than on a loaded dump truck. Found, stuck from a Soviet scooter. I had to redo a bit, welding for half an hour. The rest will outlive me. also not possible.

polex

Their cameras are made of some kind of shit. They don't stick. They are easily torn by hands and fingers. Looks like rotten skin. There are ours, but rarely come across. Here are those made of rubber

Sobol'

Has anyone ever seen a factory Soviet car?
I have seen - all self-made and heavy.
At the very dacha there is a garden wheelbarrow made of murlo-merlin, the frame is warped on it, because it was not a good idea to fill in gravel, but the wheel is alive. It's been five years already.
He already took a construction wheelbarrow to his home in the same mug-merlin, spent the winter in the yard, the wheel is intact. Burst, I'll buy a new camera for three kopecks in the first household store, these are not the Soviet years, when it was necessary to "get" every garbage.

wink

polex
their cameras are made of some kind of shit. They don't stick. They are easily torn by hands and fingers. Looks like rotten skin. There are ours, but rarely come across. Here are those made of rubber

Then a neighbor suggested to put it from a scooter. It fits one to one.

wink

Sobol'
Has anyone ever seen a factory Soviet car?
I have seen - all self-made and heavy.
At the very dacha there is a garden wheelbarrow made of murlo-merlin, the frame is warped on it, because it was not a good idea to fill in gravel, but the wheel is alive. It's been five years already.
I already took a construction wheelbarrow to my home in the same mug-merlin, spent the winter in the yard, the wheel is intact. Burst, I'll buy a new camera for three kopecks in the first household store, these are not the Soviet years, when it was necessary to "get" every garbage.

Well, home-made ones were made of titanium or aluminum 😛 and there were a couple of factory models, the wheels from a moped are light on the wings of kotofoty.

alexaa1

About 12-15 years ago I bought a wheelbarrow - the cheapest I could find - in a cheap junk store.
Still alive and with native tires, despite the fact that the Chinese.
Since I jumped on it on a half-mast wheel with a load on the curb, as a result I got neither more nor less than 8 holes. I bought a kit for repairing bicycle cameras - there are 20 pieces of patches - I sealed them - it was about 10 years ago - hold on. I glued it because then there was not such an abundance of cheap cameras.

About 5 years ago I took another car, after a couple of years the camera was lowered, disassembled, and it cracks from fingers when it is broken.
Despite the fact that iron, though frail, serves faithfully.

bairat

om_babai
Cratonic car - the first thing I bought after the site itself. Now she is 12 years old. The house was built from it.

Native koleo shot himself almost immediately. Bang louder than on a loaded dump truck. Found, stuck from a Soviet scooter. I had to redo a bit, welding for half an hour. The rest will outlive me0013

Zilok is yours?

pornographer

a new camera costs 40 rupees as a keepsake. and there are puncture-proof foam wheels for construction sites.

wink

pornographer
a new camera costs 40 rupees as a keepsake. and there are puncture-proof foam wheels for construction sites.

160 bought yesterday. there are foam wheels but they are somehow worse.

М0М

fuck the cameras on the wheelbarrow to glue and change.
bought a solid wheel and I don’t know grief.

well, so as not to get up twice - the USSR is shit 😊

om_babai

Zilok is your own?

Own. The 245th diesel himself stuck

bmw 444

A solid wheel for transporting heavy things, especially on the ground (read the lawn, grass), it’s not good - its cross-country ability is crappy). inflatable only).

M0M

bmw 444
inflatable only).

Didn't notice. Bye 😊

I remember in my childhood in the USSR there was a neighbor in the dacha - a huge man. So big that he cooked himself a wheelbarrow of a cube and a half (maybe less, but still huge). Load full of gravel and roll it, whistling.
And so he somehow drove manure to the greenhouse and dumped it on the beds, starting from the entrance. And between the beds there was a board, and at one moment the wheel jumped off the board, the wheelbarrow tipped over on its side, and the weight was considerable - in general, the neighbor was grabbed by the handle under the liver and stuck with his head down to the waist into a pile of shit.
That day I greatly replenished my reserves of obscene mining vocabulary 😊

wink

bmw 444 bmw 444 good - his patency is crappy). inflatable only).

There is such a thing. I took more effort from a neighbor. But this is understandable. Pneuma is pneuma. I haven’t seen a car on a Pueleritan.

bmw 444

The wheelbarrow is the most ordinary, from the market, she is 18 years old, alive, only the tin is torn in places and settled into the frame from carrying heavy loads). I riveted, straightened, welded the frame, changed the camera to a domestic one (I got it in Leroy). I had to carry concrete slabs of 200 kg each. . The wheel is cracked a little, but it still looks like, I think))).

Mortar

wink
...turned the axles...

Sharpen the wheel. 😊

george_gl

polex
their cameras are made of some shit. They don't stick. They are easily torn by hands and fingers. Looks like rotten skin. There are ours, but rarely come across. Here are those made of rubber

a strange fact, we have Chinese cameras a little more expensive and are considered a little better than Russian ones. In my Chinese car, the tire was covered after 5 years. I have a cast wheel

Longeron

I remember that I made the wheelbarrow myself. Instead of the rotten one.
From the boards, sheathed the kuzorv with roofing iron from the inside. The wheel from the old one is cast iron.
Neighbors neighing, they say "you can't take away." Well, yes, the monster turned out, but I calculated everything very well - the coasters did not interfere on the go, on outstretched arms.
Was very comfortable.
Yes, a bad one and they wouldn't have taken 3.14Z...
And now the usual one, from LR Merlin. Three years is fine.
Yes, and it costs, like a penny.

How to change a wheel on a wheelbarrow. Wheel for garden wheelbarrow. How to change the camera on a garden wheelbarrow

Hello to all DIYers, as well as summer residents and gardeners!

The other day I decided to buy a tubeless wheel for my garden wheelbarrow, because I was already exhausted with pneumatic (inflatable chambers) wheels, which were very often punctured in our garden.

I must say that in ancient times, there were some workshops on the site of our site, so fragments of bricks continue to crawl out of the ground, as well as various pieces of iron, including old, tetrahedral forged nails and staples for joining logs . And no matter how much we collected them and dug up the ground, new ones appear every year.

That's why I bought this tubeless wheel for my car last weekend.


In all respects, it seemed to be exactly the same as my old wheel. However, when I installed it on the wheelbarrow axle, it turned out that the hub of this wheel is much shorter than that of my old one.


Moreover, after measurements, it turned out that his hub is exactly 20 mm shorter.



It was too late to change the wheel, because it was already evening, and the next day a new working week began.

As a result, I decided to pick up some washers or even find a suitable steel tube and cut two rings out of it, 10 mm wide, to use them as washers.

And then it turned out that two ordinary M12 nuts are ideal as such washers.


Firstly, they are freely put on a bolt with a diameter of 10 mm, which serves as my axis, and secondly, the width of one nut is almost 10 mm.


As a result, on each side of the hub, I installed an M12 nut on the axle.



And it turned out that the wheel sits tight and does not dangle at all.


Yes, and a car with a new wheel drives perfectly.

In general, in such a simple way, I managed to correct the situation.

Therefore, I can advise summer residents and gardeners who find themselves in a similar situation to use my experience.

And best of all, when choosing a new wheel for your car, do not be too lazy to find out or measure all the necessary parameters of the wheel. These are the outer diameter of the wheel, the diameter of the disc (important for pneumatic wheels for the purpose of subsequent replacement of the chamber or tire), the width of the tire, the diameter of the wheel axle, as well as the inner diameter of the hub bearings, and, of course, the width of the hub.

Well, that's all for me! Bye everyone and have a great summer season!

During two years of operation, the wheel bearings almost crumbled, in addition, the tire cracked and torn and the chamber was punctured.
Before the new wheels arrived, I decided to modernize and strengthen my garden cart a bit.
I connected the handles with an arc almost immediately after purchase, it is much more convenient to control the wheelbarrow, besides, you can do it with one hand.

I also wanted to move the wheels closer to the middle of the body for a long time. I don’t understand those who designed such carts at all. Most likely, they took the design of a wheelbarrow, which was used in the construction of the White Sea Canal, as a basis. The wheels of such wheelbarrows (one or two) are located in the front, so a significant part of the weight falls on the hands. Despite this, currently 99 percent of such products have wheels shifted forward. This applies to both garden and construction wheelbarrows, which, in my opinion, are not much different from each other.
In short, I decided to move the wheels closer to the center of gravity. At the same time, the distance between the wheels will slightly increase, but the width dimension will remain the same. In addition, increasing the distance between the wheels will increase the overall stability of the wheelbarrow.

All parts were made from scrap metal lying around in different corners, adjusted with a grinder and emery.

First of all, I took two steel plates of suitable sizes with a thickness of 3-4 mm, drilled two holes in them with a diameter of . 10mm and installed between the body shell and the plastic lining in the rear wall of the car. The length of the plates should be such that they protrude slightly above the bottom of the trough.

I threw out a thin tin in the front, which apparently served to increase the rigidity of the body.
In its place, I installed a steel strip of suitable dimensions. For this purpose, I came across a spring, someone and once straightened.

Fitted two more plates, welded.

Two vertical posts - pieces of pipe with a diameter of about 32mm. Their length is about half the diameter of the wheel, it is selected empirically.
The axis should be 20 mm in diameter, I didn’t find one, I put 18 mm, then I’ll think of something.

It is necessary to check that the wheels turn freely, the tires do not touch the body. If necessary, several washers or a piece of pipe can be put on the axle. The bottom of the body should have a slope back, then when moving, the arcs will not touch the slightest obstacles or uneven ground, as it was in the factory version.

Here I forgot to take a photo, but everything is clear anyway. In place of the former axis, I attached a piece of pipe, fitted and welded pieces of reinforcement dia. 16 mm. Shown below with arrows.
I did all the steps without removing the body, so it's quite easy to do the entire harness.

Often, spending very little time, you can avoid additional costs, which are already enough for those who spend the summer in the country and in country houses, taking care of buildings, gardens and gardens. In this particular case, the conversation, or rather, the video sequence, will be about how to bring the wheel of a garden cart back to life in a few minutes. A garden wheelbarrow in the country is never idle: take out the garbage, then bring building materials, then transport the crop. And, of course, with such intensive use, the wheel periodically fails: the tire is punctured, the chamber bursts, etc. But, before you go to the market and buy a new wheel, see how quickly you can disassemble the wheel, patch it, or, in case of significant damage, replace the tube and tire, and return everything to its original form.

We want you to see how easy it is to replace a punctured, burst, or simply worn-out wheelbarrow wheel tube . Of course, we do this job every day, and we've put several hundred thousand of these wheels on board before we decided to post this video. The video lasts only a couple of minutes, but by watching it and following the simple sequence of actions we perform, you will be spared unnecessary time costs.

First you need to unscrew the spool and completely deflate the wheel to make it easier to remove the inner tube from the rim.

Then insert the new inner tube into the tire, making sure to straighten it carefully around the entire circumference inside the tire.

Once, on a video about the repair of a construction wheelbarrow wheel, we received a comment from a man in which he assured us that our inner tube with a tire was made of soft rubber, while his was made of oak and it was impossible to do what was shown in the video. So, if you carefully distribute the chamber inside the tire before you put all this on the disk, any tire set, of course, if it is matched to the size of the disk, regardless of the softness of the rubber, will definitely fit on the disk.

If we don't do it with due diligence, then we won't put the kit on the disc. No need to watch how quickly the person in the video does this work, he does it all the time, just pay attention to how carefully the tire set is prepared before putting on the disk.

The next step is to insert the nipple into the hole on the disk and insert the pre-assembled tire kit with the inner chamber with force in a circle.

Inflate the wheel and close the nipple with a cap. That's it!

In the video, we use a compressor to inflate a tire, but it can be inflated almost as quickly with a conventional car pump. Everything else is done exclusively by hand and does not require any improvised means.

And in conclusion, once again I would like to draw your attention to the fact that if something does not work out for you, then this happens not because the rubber is “oak”, but because the sequence of actions is violated.
We often have to bead the wheels in winter, at minus 15. Knowing the properties of rubber, you can easily guess that any rubber will be “oak” at such a temperature, but we spend exactly the same amount of time as in this video.

Each gardener and summer resident constantly needs to transport cargo across the territory of the plot or garden. The need to transport fertilizers for feeding plants or building materials can arise at any time, so the purchase of a garden wheelbarrow is often required. Devices for transporting goods over short distances differ in many parameters: size, number of rollers, tire material, etc. And you need to pay attention to all this when choosing a wheelbarrow in a store.

What types of wheels are there?

The wheelbarrow for a garden wheelbarrow can be pneumatic (with a tire into which air is pumped), molded rubber and polyurethane. At the same time, the material of the disk is not so important, since it is the tire that is subjected to the maximum load during operation.

Wheel for wheelbarrow

Pneumatic wheel

The rim for pneumatic wheels is based on a tire that has treads. Inside, there is usually a chamber, which, for reliability, is made using two layers of rubber. Discs can be made of metal or polypropylene. If the manufacturer provides a bearing at the place of fixing, then the trolley will move more smoothly.

Advantages:

  • Increased load capacity. This type of wheel can carry up to 300 kg depending on the size. This is convenient for frequent use.
  • Cross-country ability . With large wheels, you can move the trolley even on very uneven surfaces.
  • Virtually silent running . This is an important setting. because during long-term transportation, noise can affect the human condition and lead to fatigue.
  • Smooth movement. Due to the softness of the tire and the presence of the bearing, you can smoothly move the load on any surface.

Pneumatic wheel

Solid rubber

Solid rubber garden cart wheels made of high quality materials. The disc is made from cast steel. Additionally, galvanizing is carried out, for reliability and protection against metal corrosion. Thanks to this, high reliability of the design, strength and durability are achieved, in addition, the design features of the connection allow you to quickly change the wheel.

Minus - sufficiently low load limit. It is impossible to load such a trolley with a mass exceeding 200 kg. In addition, when driving there is a slight shaking, so these carts are not suitable for transporting fragile goods.

Please note! Since the tread tire is molded, the wheelbarrow can be used on rough surfaces where pneumatic specimens deteriorate quickly.

Polyurethane foam

This material is an alternative to cast and pneumatic options. A polyurethane tire cannot be pierced, just like a cast one. At the same time, the ride and running characteristics are the same as those of pneumatic wheelbarrows. Polyurethane is characterized by high depreciation properties, wear resistance, durability. No additional maintenance is required to maintain performance.

Benefits of polyurethane wheels:

  • Rust resistant, can work in environments that are unfavorable to metal.
  • Withstand both high and low temperatures.
  • Resistant to mechanical damage and puncture. Because of this, it is possible to work even in areas with a large amount of stones or waste metal production.
  • Tires do not need to be inflated regularly. The only necessary care is regular cleaning of tires from dirt.
  • Rigid tread allows you to move the cart on any surface, including slippery or loose ground.
  • They have a slight pressure on the soil, so when working on the lawn, the grass is not mechanically damaged.
  • The material is almost non-conductive, which makes it possible to use wheelbarrows with such wheels in places with a danger of high-voltage current.
  • The thermal conductivity of the material is also low, which makes it possible to use wheelbarrows at elevated temperatures.

Made of polyurethane foam

Wheel arrangement, features of its installation and dismantling

The main parts of the trolley and their functions:

  • Garden wheelbarrow chamber - storage place for compressed air. Its main functions are depreciation and keeping the device on the go. If the tube deflates, the constant bending of a hard tread tire will cause it to deteriorate.
  • Garden cart bearing - needed to reduce wheel friction on the axle. In its absence, additional efforts must be made to move the device for transportation, so a bearing for a garden or construction wheelbarrow is an indispensable part of any design. It also helps in cushioning bumps. There are 2 types of bearings - sliding and rolling. It is advisable to choose the first option.
  • Wheel with tire - ensures the reliability and performance of the trolley. Most wheels are produced by stamping, according to a template. The characteristics in this case are completely dependent on the material of manufacture and the presence / absence of a coating.
  • Sleeve - located between the axle holder and the wheel and does not allow the latter to hang out.

Wheel arrangement

How to choose the right wheel, tire or tube for gardening equipment

The choice must be based on the place of use. If you have to use on an area with a lot of stones or debris, you should choose a tire with molded rubber or urethane foam. If the area with a lot of bumps, it is better to choose pneumatic.

Important! The larger the wheel, the easier it is to pull the trolley.

How much pressure can the tire be inflated

When buying a tire, it is necessary to indicate the marking with the pressure with which it can be inflated. Typically, this value is in the range of 25 to 70 P.S.I. However, it is advisable not to inflate more than half of the maximum pressure of the tire.

How to change the camera on a garden wheelbarrow

Garden cart wheels often deteriorate. For replacement, the following steps will have to be taken:

  1. Remove the wheel from the axle.
  2. Using a flat trowel, remove the tire from the disc.
  3. Remove the damaged tire, if desired, it can be sealed or replaced.
  4. Fit a new flat tire around the wheel.
  5. Fix the tire so that the tire intake valve passes through the hole in the tire.
  6. Inflate the tire and attach the wheel to the axle.

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